Wednesday, November 30, 2005

I know that there are many of you out there who are just like me. The tender pull of the dough as you bite into soft white pillow which you struggle to hold between two sticks. Then, when you have managed to take your bite a pillow full of steamy juice runs down your chin. This is the part where if you are like me no further explanation is required ;) . I am of course talking about chinese soup buns. I had never imagined that they would be so easy to aquire in Sydney. I am always being made jealous of all the dim sum that Kirk and his wife enjoy in San diego, but then so easily I spied these cute little mini pork and prawn buns at the Thai Kee Iga at Hay market. I figured that they couldn't be what I thought they were and even so they would surely not be any good. I have never been so glad to be wrong in all my life. We served them simply steamed, with some steamed chinese brocolli and Kim chi, which I of course know it isn't chinese but it is yummy and it was fresh too. I made up quite a nice dipping sauce for the dumplings, soy, fresh ginger, alittle kecap manis and mirin. Yum!

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Mmm. I haven't made this since before I moved. I made a tone as I was packing, trying to use up stuff in the fridge. And it just so happens that I have pork and baby shrimp and wrappers in the fridge. If it weren't nearly 1 AM, I'd go do it now.

Hi Clare,just popped in to see how you've been doing. My exams have been really tough :( But anyway those Xiao Long Baos look really nice. Err but I believe thats chinese brocolli they've been served with however,boy does that kim chi look good !

Clare that sounds and looks so good. I love asian food, especially any kind of bun! And I love kimchi, especially if you can get some that is made locally. My mom used to make huge (and I mean HUGE!) bowls of kimchi when we were growing up. Yummy!

We love xiao long bao! I normally make a small bite then suck the juice out before wolfing the rest down.LOL - we saw a sign in one of the restaurants in London's Chinatown advertising 'juicy buns fever' on Tuesday nights! Maybe we should organise one of those nights here!

Well Kayyn beat me to the punch line, but yes those are nice buns. *wink* *giggle* I am so jealous, and now when I feel a little better must go out in search of them! The kimchi looks good too, it is funny though in Korean class today we learned the long negative for the polite form, and the dialog covered not liking kimchi! *sigh* PHHBBT! Your photo has me drooling. :9~~~

Mmmmmm....those look delicious and so happy you found some good ones! That kim chee looks awesome, too. I still haven't found a good recipe and my 100% Korean mother-in-law has yet to give me her method. I live in hope, though.